The Song Thrush is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It is also known in English dialects as throstle or mavis. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies. Its distinctive song, which has repeated musical phrases, has frequently been referred to in poetry.
Similar species: Perching Birds
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Uploaded May 5, 2015. Captured May 28, 2009 08:10 in 1 Flamborough Road, Bempton, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire YO15 1JQ, UK.